Date: 16/07/2022

A Birr man who is a member of the Irish Railway Record Society drew my attention recently to the interesting story of the stolen railway between Portumna and Birr (or Parsonstown as it was known back then). This rail line existed from 1868 to 1878 and is Ireland's biggest commercial railway failure ...

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A Birr man who is a member of the Irish Railway Record Society drew my attention recently to the interesting story of the stolen railway between Portumna and Birr (or Parsonstown as it was known back then). This rail line existed from 1868 to 1878 and is Ireland's biggest commercial railway failure....

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